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“Love is gentle. Love is pure. And yet, he takes advantage of such a girl's affections. Silent Warrior will arrest you on account of romance fraud!”

Silent Warrior

Episode 23

TJ and Marcy are at a pool, enjoying the day off. Marcy is on the side of the pool thinking about Angelus, when TJ splashes her from the pool.

“TJ you're so childish,” she states.

“And you're a grown-up, right?” TJ asks.

“Of course I am. I'm in a mature romance.”

“Don't you need a partner first before you fall in love?”

“Of course, and I have one, naturally.”

“Well, as long as it's not Yellow LightStar or Miranda, I don't care.”

“I'm not a lesbian, Davis! I've fallen in love with Angelus Maximillion. I know he's a bit older, but age is nothing but a number when it comes to true love”

“A bit older? Try a few centuries too early for him. Couldn't you pick someone better than him? He's a bad man…”

A True Love's Power; Marcy's True Feelings

“This can become real dangerous for her,” Tyrese is saying at the Masaki Shrine to TJ and Styve. “Angelus is a dangerous man.”

“He's not a man, he's a demon,” Styve corrects. “We have to tell Marcy what she's dealing with.”

“But we have to consider her feelings,” TJ says. “A woman's heart is a fragile thing.”

“Hearing you say things like that makes me wonder what you do in your free time. Since you're the closest with her, you need to say something.”

“Leave it to me guys, I can handle this with the most delicate balance.”

“That's what worries me the most,” Prometheus thinks to himself.

* * *

“Has anyone seen Maximus?” Lord Mithos bellows to his minions. “He isn't answering any of my summons. I hope he realizes the hole he is digging.”

Des Demona then appears in a corner, chuckling to herself.

“He is nothing but a candle flickering in the wind now,” she says to herself. “It won't take much more before Lord Mithos looses all faith in him.”

At Angelus' mansion, Maximus is there, trying to figure out a plan to get back in Lord Mithos' good graces.

“Why aren't you answering the King's calls?” Des Demona asks, appearing in the room. “Lord Mithos is not pleased with you. Perhaps if you retire, he will only punish you for a short while.”

“I have no intentions of retiring now, dear sister,” he replies. “I haven't the time to focus on stealing energy. I need to do something fantastic in order to restore glory to myself. Something fantastic, like finding the Zinzuishou!”

“You can't be serious brother; that task is mine!”

“It's not about who was tasked to do it, it's about who can produce results. I will find the crystal and be in his good graces once again.”

“I won't forget this Maximus!”

Furious, she leaves, and he gets back to work. He looks up to his ceiling, which turns transparent with the universes in it.

“The stars know everything, and to everything the stars know. When the sun creates a sinister perpendicular angle between Mars and Neptune, the guide to the Dark Crystal shall appear. Now, force, know my plight…release the light!”

Maximus cups his hands together and holds them up to the ceiling. A comet comes crashing into them, and when the dust clears, a shimmering, long, black crystal is in them.

“This will show me how to find the Zinzuishou!”

An image is then projected from the crystal, showing Marcy.

“Her…does she have the crystal?”

Elsewhere, Des Demona is complaining to Sacred.

“It isn't fair,” she's saying. “He knew that was my project. How dare he try to steal my thunder.”

“You need to calm down Demona,” Sacred says. “Maximus is the weakest of us Youkai Demon Knights.”

“But what if he finds it?”

“Let him find it. We can always steal it from him.”

Pleased with this answer, she perks up.

“Sasha, I know you're there,” she says, turning around to one of the demons. “Go and keep an Eye on Maximus.”

* * *

Back in the city, TJ has gone to Marcy's house to talk to her, but is stuck at the front door.

“You were all gung-ho for this earlier today, why the hesitation now?” Prometheus asks.

“That was a spur of the moment type deal,” TJ explains.

“With you it's always a spur of the moment…”

“With all that talking coming out of you, I can't think of how to approach her delicate female mind. I think I could use some help on this. Let's go to Game Edge and see if Miranda has any advice.”

“You know TJ, I wasn't expecting much, but this is just pathetic.”

TJ gets over to the arcade, when he spots Miranda helping a guy on one of the games.

“Look at her, drooling all over him like he's some big black piece of man candy,” TJ starts muttering to himself. “How could she, when her milk chocolate dreamboat is right over here awaiting her wisdom and knowledge…what's this weird feeling I'm suddenly getting?”

Ashley walks up behind him, but before he fully turns around, she starts yelling out to Miranda.

“Hey Miranda, you better get over here fast before Tiny Tim here has a heart attack from lack of attention,” she yells.

“Do not call me Tiny Tim,” TJ spins around. “And stop causing a scene.”

“Oh hey there TJ, I didn't hear the door chime when you came in,” Miranda says with a smile on her face. “I'm off in 5 minutes, want to grab something to eat?”

“I'm not that hungry, but yeah I'll go. I want to ask you for some advice anyways.”

“I'll come too if you don't mind M, I was actually just coming to kill some time before my workout,” Ashley also says.

“Nobody wants you around Ashley.”

“I think it'll be a great idea,” Miranda says, not hearing TJ.

The three of them go across the street to Café Mileto, and get a booth. TJ starts explaining to the both of them how Marcy is in love with a man who he knows is bad, but doesn't know how to tell her.

“I think you should let it play out a bit longer, see where it goes,” Miranda says.

“Yeah, I guess I could do that…” TJ starts.

“I say you tell her straight up,” Ashley suggests. “Being honest with a friend is only another form of courage. She might be mad at you now, but she'll understand you were keeping her from getting hurt.”

“You know, Ashley is right,” Miranda agrees.

“Thanks guys, I think I know what to do now,” TJ finally says. “I feel a lot better. Waiter, let me get two grand samplers, an order of sliders, and a milkshake.”

“Hey, do you have money to cover this?” Miranda whispers to Ashley.

“Relax ladies, it's on me today.”

* * *

Later, TJ arrives back at Marcy's house.

“Ok, I've got to do this,” he's saying, pacing back and forth in front of her door. “Ok, no time like the present!”

TJ rings the bell, and Marcy answers.

“Marcy, you can't see Angelus Maximillion anymore. He's a bad person who's not even human! Wait, I mean he's a scary guy! No, that's not it. He's creepy? Look girl, that guy is bad news and I don't want you involved in something you'll regret. Ok, well see you later.”

TJ quickly finishes what he needs to say and heads home before she has a chance to react to what was said.

“So how did it go?” Prometheus asks that night in TJ's room.

“Oh I think it went fine,” TJ answers. “I told her what she needed to know.”

“And how did she take it?”

“I have no idea.”

“You mean you just blurted all that out then left? I should've gone with you…”

“Relax Promeeth, Marcy and I have an understanding. I'm sure she'll be just fine.”

Over at Marcy's, she is deep in thought about what TJ said earlier.

“I know what TJ said, but he doesn't fully understand,” she's saying. “Angelus is just so dashing and mysterious…”

“Marcy, phone call,” her mother yells from downstairs. “It's someone named Angelus.”

“Our hearts must really be linked!”

Marcy runs down the stairs to get the phone. On the phone, Angelus tells her to meet him at Seneca State Park. With no hesitation, she tells her mother she's going out, and leaves the house.

* * *

“Thank you for meeting me,” Angelus says as she approaches.

“I would do anything for you Angelus,” she responds, sitting on a bench next to him. “Why did you call me out here so late?”

“I wanted to say goodbye to you.”

“Oh, I guess I can be quite the pain can't I?”

“No, it's not that Marcy. You see, there're some bad people after me, and I don't want you getting wrapped up in all of that.”

“Bad people after you? What's going on? Tell me what I can do!”

“Well you see, if I could only get the Dark Crystal, I could give it to them and they'd stop chasing me. But…forget I said anything.”

“Dark Crystal…wait a second!”

Marcy then thinks back to when she was at Melvin's house the day before. They had just gotten in some new jewelry. One of the pieces was a shimmering black crystal.

“Don't go anywhere,” she says suddenly. “I'll be right back; I think I can help.”

She then runs off and Angelus chuckles to himself.

Marcy arrives at Melvin's shop, and uses her mutant ability to phase through the glass. She begins rummaging through jewelry counters, until she finally finds the crystal.

“Hey who's there?” Melvin's mother asks, turning the lights on. “Marcy, Marcy is that you? What are you doing?”

“Please forgive me,” Marcy says, running out of the store.

* * *

“Why are we doing this again?” TJ complains to Prometheus.

“Because you didn't do it right the first time, we're going to go and make sure Marcy understood what you said.”

“But couldn't it wait until morning? I'm already tired.”

As they are walking, they run into Melvin's mother.

“Have you seen Marcy?” she asks TJ.

“No, we were actually headed to her house. What are you doing out so late?”

“Marcy was in the store, and although I don't know how she got in, she stole a crystal from me.”

TJ tells her he'll go look for her and runs off.

“How much you want to bet it was a black crystal?” TJ asks Prometheus.

“You'd better transform just in case,” he responds.

“Phoenix Transform!”

* * *

“Angelus, I think this should help,” Marcy says, handing him the crystal.

He takes it and starts analyzing it with his Black Crystal.

“There's no reaction,” he thinks. “This is just an ordinary jewel. But what's this, the crystal is reacting to Marcy! She could be worth investigating a little longer.”

“Marcy,” he says, turning to her. “I would like to spend a little more time with you. Please come with me.”

The two start to walk off when the dagger strikes before Angelus.

“How dare you play with a young girl's heart. As the Silent Warrior, I can't forgive such sinister actions. In the name of the Phoenix, I will punish you!”

“Silent Warrior, what are you doing here?” Marcy asks.

“Marcy you have to listen to me. He is not who you think he is. He is actually Maximus, one of the Youkai Demon Knights that works for the Dark Kingdom in the Negative Universe.”

“Tell him that isn't true,” Marcy says, turning around to Angelus.

Angelus replies by hurling an energy shot at Silent Warrior.

“So you managed to dodge that,” he says. “Time to stop fooling around. Starlight Attack!”

Angelus concentrates the power of the stars in his hand, and releases them, creating a rain of energy bolts on Silent Warrior. He gets up and does some flips and jumps to get out of the way.

“Let's see how you do with a second wave!”

“Not so fast Maximus!”

Everyone looks up to see Dark Sabre and Dark Blade have arrived.

“Dark Mist Paralyze!”

“Dark Fires Engulf!”

Dark Sabre uses his mist to confuse Maximus, and Dark Blade attacks with his fire.

“What are you two doing here?” Marcy asks.

“You need to stay away from this guy,” Dark Blade answers.

“I won't let you hurt him!”

“If you don't get out of the way, I can't be held responsible for what happens to you.”

“This fist of mine is burning red! Fist of the Phoenix, Flare!”

Silent Warrior throws his attack while Maximus is distracted.

“No, everyone stop it!” Marcy yells jumping in the way.

“This girl really cares about me!” Angelus thinks as she stands between him and the bird.

“Phoenix fist stop, don't attack Marcy!” Silent Warrior cries out.

Listening to his command, the bird stops and flies to a nearby street light where it sits and waits.

“Wow, I didn't know it would do that!” Silent Warrior exclaims.

Angelus' crystal then starts reacting to Marcy again.

“Is this from her feelings?” he wonders. “Could this be the power of human love?”

“Is that the Dark Crystal?” Sasha asks, coming out from behind a rock.

She attacks Angelus, and they start fighting hand to hand. During their spar, he drops his crystal.

“What's this?” Marcy asks, picking it up.

Immediately Sasha starts running for Marcy.

“Marcy no!” Angelus yells, throwing an energy ball at Sasha.

“How dare you betray us!” she yells out, turning around to attack him.

“Fist of the Phoenix, attack that demon!” Silent Warrior commands.

The bird jumps off the post and attacks Sasha, destroying her. During all the commotion, Marcy passes out. Angelus walks over to her and returns her jewel.

“Consider her feelings, and stay away from her,” Dark Sabre says to him.

“This wasn't the Dark Crystal, it is of no concern to me,” he says.

“The Dark Crystal,” Prometheus starts. “That sounds vaguely familiar…”

“The world will be in the hands of Lord Yggdrasil and the Dark Kingdom if they get the Zinzuishou…”

Angelus says this then walks off into the night.